Association Quote by Robert Frost

An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.

— Robert Frost

A good metaphor can make any bad idea sound good.

— Scott Adams

Ideas result from the collision of metaphors inside the head.

— Ray Bradbury

Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

“whatever you’re learning, see whether you can make a metaphor to help yourself understand the most difficult topic—you’ll be surprised at how much it…

— Barbara Oakley

I never think in metaphors or fully make those kind of associations myself. I just lay down a complex situation and hope things arise…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.

— Mason Cooley

Ideas are the raw material of progress. Everything first takes shape in the form of an idea. But an idea by itself is worth…

— Anonymous

I have this belief that if you have an idea, and you have to write it down to remember it, then it can't be…

— Tino Sehgal

An idea is a feat of association.

— Robert Frost

Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves…

— James Geary

“Finding your own metaphor for intuition is one of the best ways to give it form, an essential step in developing your intuitive thinking.”

— Laurie Nadel